Svynaryn ( uk, Свинарин; pl, Świnarzyn) is a
village in
Volyn Oblast (
province)
Ukraine; before
World War II, part of
Wołyń Voivodeship,
Poland. Other names: S'vinazhyn, Swinarzyn, Svinazhin.
World War II
Under German occupation in World War II, a heavily fortified Ukrainian command
headquarters
Headquarters (commonly referred to as HQ) denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are coordinated. In the United States, the corporate headquarters represents the entity at the center or the to ...
of the
UPA-North resided in the Świnarzyn Forest. Between January and March 1944, the town was one of several sites of battle between the
Volhynia 27th Infantry Division of the Polish
Home Army consisting of almost 8,000 men and women under Kazimierz Bąbiński, and the
Ukrainian Insurgent Army. The 27th Division gave support to local self-defence against the UPA raids during the wave of
massacres of Poles in Wołyń Voivodeship
The massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia ( pl, rzeź wołyńska, lit=Volhynian slaughter; uk, Волинська трагедія, lit=Volyn tragedy, translit=Volynska trahediia), were carried out in German-occupied Poland by th ...
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Nearby cities and towns include: west, Koloniya Verbichno Pervoye (2.7 nm); north: Verbichno (2.8 nm), Tulichev (3.1 nm), Cherniyuv (1.2 nm); east: Makovichi (2.1 nm), Serkizuv (2.1 nm); south: Chesnuvka (4.4 nm), Osekruv (2.1 nm). Altitude: 202 meters, or 666 feet.
See also
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Massacres of Poles in Volhynia
The massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia ( pl, rzeź wołyńska, lit=Volhynian slaughter; uk, Волинська трагедія, lit=Volyn tragedy, translit=Volynska trahediia), were carried out in German-occupied Poland by the ...
References
Ukrainian Insurgent Army
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Villages in Kovel Raion